On October 13, the "Hatsuho Festival" was held at Tsukiji Namishi Inari Shrine to appreciate the fruits of autumn.
Shinto ritual provides this year's rice ears from the shrine's sacred rice field (Tsurugi, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture) to God and thank them for their safe rice cultivation.
From 14:00, as part of the food education transmitted from Tsukiji, a town of food, a dedication of the Shijo-ryu kitchen knife type, which handles fish without touching with bare hands, which has been practiced in the Imperial Palace since ancient times, was held. Was.
By the way, the fish that was handled this year is "koi".
On this day and November 23, Niiname-no-Matsuri will be awarded with Chirimen Crepe's "Fruit Conkonmori" to appreciate the fruits of autumn.
In Niiname-no-Matsuri on November 23, Nigori sake's Happiness, made from rice from the shrine's sacred rice field, will be served.
